by Harvey Kurtzman, Greg Sadowski, editor
$19.95
124 pages
ISBN-10: 1560977558
ISBN-13: 9781560977551
Publisher: Fantagraphics
This oversized, lavishly illustrated full-color book focuses on one of comics' most esteemed and influential creators: artist, writer and, editor Harvey Kurtzman, whose complete Comics Journal interviews are collected here. Every stage of Kurtzman's career is represented, beginning with his entry into comics via superhero stories for Ace from 1943-46, World War II-era Army cartoons, early humor work for Timely and Toby Press, his first collaborations with John Severin and Will Elder at Prize Comics Western, and, of course, his groundbreaking period at EC as editor of Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat and Mad. Kurtzman's undeservedly lesser-known post-Mad career is also given its due and examined in depth. Particularly noteworthy are the obscurities unearthed from Kurtzman’s solo freelance career -- from Children's Digest, Pageant, U.S. Crime, Varsity and Why -- most of which haven't been seen since their original publication. The most informative, compelling interviews with Kurtzman ever published.
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